Asher Zelig Barg may have been married more than once. With wife Pesya Gelstein (1836-?), daughter of Abba Leizer (1801-1850) and Malka (1800-1894) Gelstein, he had at least one daughter, Esther. Calculating from their daughter's birthdate it is safe to assume that Asher Zelig was born around 1830. Esther Berg was born 1872 (1870?) and died 1943. She married twice.
Her first husband was Irving (Israel) Isenberg (Eisenberg)(~ 1870-1900), son of Zalock. They married in Kamenetz Podolsky, Ukraine. Irving died just before the last of the Isenberg children was born (actually the last Isenberg born was named after his father). Esther left Kamenetz with her four children shortly after that and arrived to the USA on the S.S. Saint Paul on Sep 24, 1904 stating there as her next of kin a brother-in-law in Providence, Rhode Island. (An interesting fact is that only Morris and Jacob are mentioned in the Ellis Island Manifest.)
Esther later married Zalmon (Samuel) Herman 1867-1929. Esther and Zalmon Herman were sweethearts in the Ukraine and as the story goes Esther was forbidden to continue seeing Zalmon by her family because they felt that he was beneath her status. After she arrived in the United State, she met Zalmon again. Zalmon told her that he had been married in Kamenetz, that his wife had died and that theirs was a childless marriage. The truth was that his wife had not died and that he had traveled to the U.S. after having promised his wife and five children that he would, in the U.S., make the money necessary to bring them all over too. The relationship with Esther deepened and they got married. Yes, Zalmon had become a bigamist.
In the meantime, Zalmon's first wife died in Kamenetz and the children were left parentless. Money somehow was raised and one of the sons, presumably the eldest, Benjamin, was chosen to go to the U.S. and find their father, Zalmon, to tell him that his wife was dead. Benjamin arrived unannounced on the doorstep of Zalmon's and his new wife's home. Of course, this was quite a shock for everyone: Zalmon because he was found out, Esther because she was unaware of Zalmon's other family, and Benjamin/b> because he had no idea that his father had another wife. When the dust settled Esther agreed to take Benjamin in, and Zalmon and Esther raised the money little by little and brought the rest of Zalmon's children, one by one, to the U.S. The household consisted of Zalmon, Esther, the four original Isenberg children, the five original Herman children and five new Herman/Isenberg children. Yes: a total of 14 children. For details please contact barg_page@hotmail.com or rac@comcast.net.
1 Esther BARG 26 Dec 1870- 22 Dec 1943 m. Irving Israel ISENBERG 1870- 1900 m. Zalman Samuel HERMAN 1867-24 Mar 1929
2 Morris ISENBERG b. 2 May 1894 d. Sep 1972 m. Fanny Daskell ISENBERG d. 1984
2 Fannie ISENBERG 25 Mar 1896-21 Apr 1986 m. John Lazarus CANTER 1913-28 Nov 1891 m. Samuel F. SHER 1900-1983
2 Jacob ISENBERG b. 1898 d. 1995 m. Jenny Whitman ISENBERG d. 1955 m. Hilda Vaks ISENBERG
2 Irving Israel ISENBERG 17 Mar 1900-23 Dec 1997 m. Alice Yevzeroff ISENBERG 1901-1984
2 David HERMAN 1906-15 Mar 1965 m. Alice Blair HERMAN
2 Mordechai Max HERMAN b. 1907 m. Selma Klafter HERMAN
2 Abe Al HERMAN b. 21 Aug 1909 m. Martha HERMAN 4 Mar 1910-1976
2 Rose Herman KLIGERMAN m. Bertram KLIGERMAN
2 Bernard HERMAN m. Edythe HERMAN
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